Lt. Earl Howerton says when deputies arrived about 5:10 p.m., Raymond S. Wheatly was "definitely acting weird" and probably high or intoxicated. Howerton says the 39-year-old Wheatley was in his backyard still holding one gun.

Howerton says within eight minutes, the deputies persuaded Wheatly to drop the weapon, then they shocked him with a Taser. Howerton says Wheatly stood up and fought back as deputies tackled him.